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rogfam May 4th, 2013 05:35 PM

Pre Cruise in New Zealand
 
Looking to book a cruise next year that leaves from Auckland. Would like to arrive 5-7 days early and see more of NZ. Any suggestions?

ElendilPickle May 5th, 2013 12:20 PM

What stops will you make on the cruise?

What interests you about New Zealand? Culture, scenery, wine, animals?

Lee Ann

rogfam May 5th, 2013 03:05 PM

We leave Auckland and head towards Tahiti. No stops in New Zealand.

Really want to taste the flavor of the country, so not limited, except maybe by time,to one item of interest.

Melnq8 May 6th, 2013 01:33 PM

Head south.

Maybe fly to Queenstown, spend all your time based there.

While I'm not a huge fan of the town of QT, there's no denying that the area is stunning, and you can do quite a lot based from there, w/o having to spend most of your time driving.

In 5-7 five days, you could make the trek to Te Anau and Milford Sound, explore the QT area, visit Wanaka, Glenorchy, Arrowtown and the wine growing region of Cromwell.

longhorn55 May 7th, 2013 08:06 AM

Ditto on Queenstown.


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